Jerusalem Commands

The third volume in Michael Moorcock's Colonel Pyat Quartet is a tale of schemes and fantasies that span continents. With his characteristic blend of wild farce and chilling terror, Pyat navigates a trail of mechanical and human wreckage as he hurtles towards an inevitable confrontation with the worst nightmare of the century. Through his deranged self-deception, Pyat's monumentally distorted vision becomes a lens for focusing on an uneasy brand of truth. As he runs from crisis to crisis, every ruse is a further link in a vast chain of deceit and suppression, betrayal. This novel is a sustained exploration of the human condition, driven by Pyat's dreams and profligate inventions. It is a story of one man's struggle to turn his back on reality, and the consequences that follow.